中国有色金属学报(英文版)
Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
Vol. 16 No. 4 August 2006 |
(State Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramic Fibers and Composites,
College of Aerospace and Materials Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China)
Abstract: Three-dimensional silica fiber reinforced silicon nitride based composites were fabricated by preceramic polymer infiltration and pyrolysis method using perhydropolysilazane as a precursor. The effects of precoating and high temperature calcination on the microstructures of the composites were investigated by scanning electron microscopy. For the composite without a precoating, the fracture surface is plain, and the fiber/matrix interfaces become very unclear after calcination at 1 600 ℃ due to intense interfacial reactions. The composite with a precoating shows tough fracture surface with distinct fiber pull-outs, and the fiber/matrix interfaces are still clear after calcination at 1 600 ℃. It is the appropriate precoating process that contributes to the good interfacial microstructures for the composite.
Key words: silica fiber; precoating; preceramic polymer; silicon nitride based composites; microstructure